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Sun and Space Weather Movie Gallery

Click on the pictures below to watch movies about the Sun and space weather. Some of the movies are featured on web pages that describe the science in the movie. Some movies are available in QuickTime or MPEG formats; right-click (Windows) or option-click (Macintosh) links below the image if you want to download those files.

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"Without warning, the relatively calm solar atmosphere can be torn asunder by sudden outbursts of a scale unknown on Earth. Catastrophic events of incredible energy...stretch up to halfway across the visible...more

The picture on this page shows Comet NEAT on February 18, 2003 as it passed very close to the Sun. The comet was too close to the Sun to be viewed from Earth; the bright light from the Sun blocked our...more

The planet Mercury appeared to cross in front of the disk of the Sun on May 7, 2003. Astronomers call the event a transit. A transit is similar to a solar eclipse. However, a transit occurs when a planet,...more

Surprisingly, humans have observed sunspots for a very long time, so historical sunspot observations provide us with some of our best long-duration records of solar activity. Large sunspots can sometimes...more

Scientists use a broad array of techniques and instruments to make the measurements needed for space weather investigations. Telescopic observations via spacecraft and ground-based observatories provide...more

Observations by Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft have revolutionized our understanding of the Sun and space weather in recent years. A host of spacecraft provide a flood of information about...more